What does a milk allergy rash look like?

Let me give you a little background on my situation. My dd (6 weeks old) has had consistent green stools for the past week. She's EBF and seems to have a lot of the symptoms of getting too much fore milk (gassy, spits up a lot, irritable, along with the green stool.) I do have somewhat of an over abundance of milk and an over-active let down, so this seemed to make sense to me. For the past 6 days I've followed all the advice I've found on how to fix this problem. I'm currently nursing on the same breast for two feedings. My over supply problem does seem to be a little better and my baby isn't choking and gaging while nursing as much as before and she seems to be nursing a little more comfortably. Yet, the green stools have persisted. Occasionally they are a yellow/green, but most of the time they are green with quite a bit of mucous.

So the reason why I'm asking about what a milk allergy rash looks like is because my daughter has what I assumed is baby acne. It started about 2 weeks ago. Today I noticed it was also on her neck and chest. The rash feels kind of rough and sometimes gets a brighter red. So now I'm wondering if this is even baby acne or if it goes along with the other symptoms she's having.

He is class 6 though and has never had more than minor direct exposure. I'm sure other moms here have had different experiences. I know some kids just get sad stool, a ring around the butt, reflux, and gas.

Both of my boys had "baby acne" starting at 4 weeks that turned out to be eczema. Now sometimes eczema is related to FAs, but usually it is not (my boys are a great example of that--they both had eczema, but only one had FAs). I would address environmental issues first. Use 100% cotton clothes/blankets (for everyone if possible), a "free and clear" detergent, no scented anything. Baths should be plain water, no soap. Use a good, fragrance free moisturizer like CereVe or Vanicream. The Babies with Skin problems board has a lot of great ideas. You can click the link at the top of the page to get there.

From what I understand, sometimes oversupply can take a while to truly correct itself. I would probably give it a little more time before you start eliminating foods.

Is your LO having other symptoms? Breathing issues, stuffiness, vomiting/reflux, excess gassiness/fussiness? If so I would strongly suspect milk allergy. As is, even with the 2 skin rash plus the mucousy stools, I would have to respectfully disagree with pp. You might want to really consider eliminating dairy from your diet now (all dairy and dairy products, plus hidden dairy in processed foods). If you suspect milk allergy, it will take 2 weeks after you begin elimination for it to clear from your milk, plus another 2 for it to clear from your lo's system. So, if yoou start now you are looking at a month for lo to be completely better (although you should see gradual improvement). If you eliminate now and baby gets better, you can always do a dairy trial again to see if the symptoms come back. That way you will know for sure. Good luck!

Before we knew she had a milk allergy she had what the doctor thought was reflux. But when I removed all dairy from my diet (she was EBF at the time), the reflux went away. Then when we stared her on solid food, if she was exposed to milk products she would get a red rash around her mouth and on her torso. It was more like a hive type rash, not an acne looking one.

Yes, she has all of these symptoms, except I probably wouldn't say breathing issues. She doesn't seem to have any problems breathing. But she does sound stuffed up and congested a lot. She had a little cold at around 2 weeks old. Mainly she was congested, little runny nose, and sneezing a lot. The congested never really seemed to clear up though. She doesn't constantly sound stuffed up but there are times throughout the day when she sounds congested. No cough or runny nose at all. She does seem to sneeze a bit though.

The thing about the rash is that sometimes it looks like it's going away then it gets brighter red and mroe rough feeling asd looks like it's spreading to her neck and chest.

I'm not really sure what I'm going to do yet. Part of me just wants to switch her to formula. I know that sounds selfish but I don't think I would do good eliminating everything that has dairy in it, which in turn would keep affecting the baby. I do like breastfeeding but it's getting to be a little stressful thinking about the possible allergy, then dealing with oversupply and possibly too much fore milk. I find myself obsesed over what her poop looks like. This is almost all I think about and I even had a dream about it last night. And I just don't think eliminating dairy would fit well in our family lifestyle. Again, I know I'm being selfish so please don't remind me :)

So I guess my question is if I decide to switch her to formula, how should I go about doing it? I mean, should I gradually switch her over starting with mixing the formula with expressed breast milk? And what formula should I start with? Would it be reasonable to start with soy first and see how she does? Then move to the more specialized stuff if needed.